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Icewine and Culinary to Tempt Palates at the 2010 Nova Scotia Winter Icewine Festival

alifax, N.S. – Nova Scotia Gaspereau River organized by Hwinemakers and some The Library Pub, Sainte-Famille of the province’s finest chefs Wines’ Dessert Wine Festival, come together to celebrate their Saege Bistro’s Taste of Nova passion for local food and wine Scotia Gold dinner and Lane’s during the third annual Winter Privateer Inn’s Icewine and Cool epper is a 6 yr old German Icewine Festival. Organized by Blues. Wire Haired Pointer X the Winery Association of Nova P For more detailed information who needs a home where she Scotia (WANS), the festival runs anyone who visits a participating about Nova Scotia Winter gets a lot of attention and from February 4 to 14, 2010. winery from February 4 to 14 Icewine Festival events, visit exercise. She doesn’t like to will have an opportunity to fill www.nsicewinefestival.ca. be left alone for long periods “I am absolutely thrilled that out a ballot to win. The draw we have over 40 events this so a stay at home member of will take place March 1, 2010 Editor’s Note - Other local venues year,” says Janice Ruddock, the family would be a good and entrants must be 19 years of to host Ice Wine Festival events thing in her opinion. Pepper managing director of WANS. age or older. include: Blomidon Inn, Tattingstone “It shows how successful the has been spayed, vaccinated, Inn, Domaine de Grand Pre, The microchipped and is available to festival has become…how local Blomidon Estate Winery, L’Acadie During the festival, sample the right home for an adoption businesses support the festival Vineyards, Muir Murray Estate Icewine paired with local fee of $150.00. and how Nova Scotians support cuisine, learn how Icewine Winery, Gaspereau Vineyards, The Wolfville Farmers’ Market, Foxhill our local wines.” is made, try pruning in the Cheese House, Herbin’s Jewellers, Email us at kingscountyspca@ vineyard or relax for the New for the 2010 festival is Tempest (PIAZZA) Word Cuisine & yahoo.ca or phone 538-9075 weekend on a romantic Winter NSCC Kingstec Campus. the opportunity to win a Nova Icewine Experience Getaway. Scotia Wine Cellar. Comprised Due to the sheer volume, many of Update: Last issue’s Highlights of the festival these events are not included in this of 50 bottles of local wines, Ivy has not been include a polar bear dip in the Grapevine. adopted yet. 2 The Grapevine Feb 4 - 18, 2010 VIEW FROM THE DYKES community support for our o I’m finally going to admit it. way. I still take the time to write daughter Lovis - Thank You SIt has taken a while to get to emails and postcards but often I this point – to accept what is and be only want to say a quick hello and ords are not enough. There be thankful and honoured to live able to share it with the world. But let someone know I’m thinking of Wis no adequate way to here. Lovis lived the three years of I feel the time is right to let it out, it them. And it may not be a letter in describe what we want to express her short life here and we feel there will be okay. the mail but getting a quick note on about our feelings of gratefulness, could not have been a better place FB saying that someone misses you awe, blessing and love towards this for her. I love Facebook. There, I said it. and loves you is a pretty wonderful community in the Valley for the Thank you for helping us, thank thing. support it has given us. you for offering your time, your It’s not like I have a problem We lost our precious daughter love and your skills to us. with the popular social networking Last night I posted a status update Lovis to DIPG (diffuse intrinsic Thank you also for making the program. I’m not on it 12 hours mentioning where I’m next going pontine glioma), a very rare and celebration of life for Lovis on a day. Nor am I lurking around in my travels. And first thing this aggressive form of brainstem cancer. Saturday, January 9, a memory trying to discover the inside lives morning I had word from a dear From the moment of her diagnosis that we will cherish for the rest of of people I barely even know (well, friend about a place I should check at the beginning of June last year our lives. It was very pink, very not usually). It’s just that I bashed out along the way that I would love. to today, one month after her deep, sad and cheerful, loving FB (yes, I use the shortened form How cool is that? A quick note death on December 20, we have and mourning. There was lots of now) for years, talking about it hello and some sweet travel advice. been embraced by an extremely beautiful singing and music playing, sarcastically when talking about it at Just like that. well-organized and loving support many children contributing, all. It’s time to acknowledge that my system. deep words and lots of pictures of attitude has changed. FB’s community is certainly People we know well, not so well Lovis. With the help of many the nothing compared to the real thing. or don’t know at all gathered to celebration and the reception were It’s true, taking the time to phone There is no substitute for seeing help us in all kinds of different very special for us and we hope someone up or write them a letter each other in person and giving ways. They communicated, built also for the people who came to say is a wonderful way to connect. But someone a hug. Or sharing a laugh a strong network, organized, good-bye and to remember Lovis. when seeing each other in person, together. Or even just walking we don’t always have the time to in silence. But it is better than fundraised, traveled, cooked, baked, Thanks to all of you and know that sit down and have a meaningful nothing; especially being on the built, donated, mowed the lawn, we won’t forget. conversation over coffee. Often other side of the world when you rearranged rooms in our house for If you want to donate to our we pass somebody by in the street, are missing your friends and family Lovis to come home, sang, played, developing DIPG-research- share a few words, and move on dearly. quilted, designed, wrote, drove, sent foundation or the We Love Lovis- with our day. Facebook is kind of gifts, organized books and games Campaign to support local families like being at a social gathering and So I officially proclaim my for Lovis and her sister, called, sent with critically or terminally ill mingling with each other, catching appreciation for Facebook. There. I emails, made Lovis happy and gave children, please email us: up on each others news. feel better now. us the ultimate gift – time to spend [email protected] – Thank with her at home. you. Now that I am traveling I really ~Adam Barnett We are speechless. We are ~Joerg, Stefanie and Solveigh enjoy the ability to interact in this overwhelmed by all the goodness with Lovis in our hearts around us in a world where it is not easy to believe in the goodness of people. We learnt more about unconditional love and friendship in these last eight months than we did in the years before. This community is amazing, special, precious – there is something deep and loving in this place that makes this support possible. Please know that our little family will forever 3 The Grapevine Feb 4 - 18, 2010 What is Nomination Grand Pré? nscribed on the tentative list with today, and what we pass in this project and those who were give feedback on what kind of Ifor World Heritage in 2004, on to future generations. Our able to participate. legacy project they see best fit for the community of Grand Pré and cultural and natural heritage are Grand Pré. You can find a copy of area has been the focus of a major both irreplaceable sources of life Events the presentation on our website project dedicated to preparing a and inspiration… What makes http://www.nominationgrandpre. nomination proposal for the World the concept of World Heritage • A celebration event will take ca/news-events.html. Heritage Convention of the United exceptional is its universal place on National Heritage Day, How to follow us! Nations Educational Scientific and application. World Heritage sites February 15, 2010 at the National Keep up to date with our progress Cultural Organization (UNESCO). belong to all the peoples of the Historic Site in Grand Pré. This and upcoming events through Furthermore, this nomination world, irrespective of the territory event will also celebrate the winners Twitter at http://twitter.com/ proposal is about a place with a on which they are located.”(http:// and participants of the Creative NomGrandPre. Check out our rich history that brings different whc.unesco.org/en/about/). Art Challenge. Come enjoy their website for more details about the people together to develop a vision project, updates, contact info, and Project Strides: artwork and an educational film shared by the local residents, the resourceful links at http://www. Youth Engagement about the story of the Acadians. Acadians, the Mi’Kmaq, and the Visit our website for full details, see nominationgrandpre.ca. Follow Planters, with the common goal of • The Nomination Grand Pré below. updates and/or write us on our celebrating and protecting Grand project has challenged youth from On January 21, 2010, a community blog at http://nominationgrandpre. Pré for future generations to enjoy. 15 schools, local and Acadian, to meeting was held to present the wordpress.com/. The proposal will be ready for create an artistic image of what they initial findings of the Tourism submission by February 1, 2011. think is special about Grand Pré. Strategy & Infrastructure A major component of this project The results of the challenge will be Framework, completed by is the Outstanding Universal Value posted on our website by February consultants from Hockin Cronin (OUV), which represents what 15, 2010. Not only will the winners Associates. The consultants guided is universally important about receive a small monetary award, but the meeting and provided valuable Grand Pré. Read about the OUV their artwork will be combined to insight into the purpose and benefit on our website at http://www. create a mural that will be sent with of developing an overall Tourism nominationgrandpre.ca/ouv.html. the nomination proposal to Paris on Strategy for the proposed Grand Pré What Does World Heritage Really February 1, 2011. The Nomination World Heritage Site. Community Mean? As stated by UNESCO: Grand Pré project would like to members were able to ask questions “World Heritage is our legacy thank those who took an interest pertaining to the presentation and from the past, what we live

Wearing Pearls in the Kitchen Hello, my name is Victoria and I would like to introduce you to someone who’s been dying to meet you: your kitchen. Inspired by the book/movie Julie and Julia, I’m setting out on my own mission: to prove that cooking isn’t really as scary as people seem to think it is. This week, I’ve chosen Chili Con Carne, a good choice for this nippy weather. Use medium ground beef for this, and drain off the fat after cooking, and because fat equals flavor, lean and extra lean ground beef just don’t cut the mustard. :)

Finely chop the onion, mince the tomatoes, tomato paste, diced bell Recipe Chili garlic and chili pepper, and finely pepper, chili pepper flakes, cumin, Con Carne dice the bell pepper. and brown sugar. Pour in the warm broth. Cover and cook over • 1 onion, finely chopped Heat half of the oil in a pan over very low heat 1 ½ h, checking • 2 cloves garlic, minced medium heat. Cook the onion occasionally that the mixture stays • 1/2 dried chili pepper, and garlic about 3 min until the moist. Add water if necessary. minced, or ½ tsp chili flakes onion is soft and translucent, • 1 green pepper, diced with occasional stirring, paying Drain the beans, rinse them well • 2 tbsp canola oil attention not to let them burn. and drain again. Add them to • 400 g medium ground beef Remove from pan and set aside. the pan, mix well, and cook an • 1 2/3 cup canned tomatoes Pour the remaining oil into the additional 8-10 min. Add salt and (diced or chopped) same pan, heat over medium heat, pepper to taste. • 2 tbsp tomato paste and add the ground beef. Cook This recipe can be made in ad- • 1 tsp ground cumin about 5 min, stirring occasionally vance, can be frozen, and is gluten • 2 tbsp brown sugar with a wooden spoon, until the free, nut free, lactose free, Halal • 1/2 cup low sodium beef meat loses its pink color. Drain and Kosher friendly! broth the excess fat. • 2 tbsp water, if necessary - Victoria Comeau • 3 cups red beans (canned) Put the cooked onion and garlic • Salt and pepper to taste back into the pan. Add the diced 4 The Grapevine Feb 4 - 18, 2010 Free Community Business Listings & Two-Week-Tweets brought to you by:

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EAT TO THE BEAT Every Evening of the Week Send your event listings to grapevine.wolfville@ gmail.com for publishing in the list. No charge! THURSDAYS: Mud Creek Grill (Wolfville): Six River City (13th) 8pm THURSDAYS: SATURDAYS: Spitfire Arms Alehouse (Wind- Kings Arm Pub (Kentville): Hughie th Babies and Books - Wolville Wolfville Farmers’ Market - Stu- sor): Reg Ivany & Blaine MacCall Macdonnell, $5 (6 ), Mark Riley & (4th), Mike Aube (11th), Dave Guptil the Players Club (13th) 9pm Memorial Library. 10-11am. Babies dent Union Building, Acadia Univer- th (newborns to 24 months) and sity. 8:30am-1pm. Feb 6th: Ice Wine (18 ) 7pm Tommy Guns (Windsor): Valentine caregivers can join us for an hour of & Chocolate Tasting!!! Music Guest: th th Paddy’s Pub (Kentville): The Hup- Dance w/Low Rider, $3 (13 ) 9:30pm songs and stories. Continues weekly Nick Jeffrey. Feb 13 : Music Guest: th th th until the end of February. INFO: Heather Kelday man Brothers (4 , 11 & 18 ) 8pm 542-5760 Dooly’s (New Minas): Karaoke & Mud Creek Grill (Wolfville): DJ Billy T (6th & 13th) 10pm Peace Vigil - Post Office, Wolfville. th Acadia Lifelong Learning Brown 12-1pm Straight Chillin’ (4 ), Comedy Night w/Ben Lefort (11th), TBA (18th) 9pm Westside Charlies (New Minas): Bag Lunch Series - Fountain th Learning Commons, Acadia Uni- MONDAYS: Beer In The Headlights (13 ) 10pm Library Pub (Wolfville): Don De- versity, Noon-1pm. Public speakers th th on various topics. February 11th: veau (4 ), Tony Malony (11 ) 9pm SUNDAYS: Patty Williams “Herstory: 35 Years of Family Playgroups - Valley Cloth Celebrating Canadian Women” Diaper Company, 945 Church St, The Stone Room (Kentville): Open February 18th: Jim Wolford: “Pro- Port Williams. 10:30am-noon. Chat, Mic w/Melissa Vidito & Bernie Zinck Mud Creek Grill (Wolfville): (4th, 11th & 18th) 9:30pm Romantic Evening w/Lacey Murrell tected Areas in Nova Scotia”TIX: No snack, relax & play. INFO: 542- th charge INFO: Scott 582-3933 8624 (14 ) 7pm Doolys (New Minas): Karaoke & th th In the Round Knitting Group - DJ w/Billy T (4 , 11 & 18 ) 10pm Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Celtic TUESDAYS: th th Gaspereau Valley Fibres. 1-4pm. Info: Music Sessions (7 & 14 ) 8pm 542-2656 FRIDAYS: Storytime - Wolfville Memorial MONDAYS: Corkage Free Thursdays - Tem- Library, 10-11am. Kids aged 3-5 and pest Restaurant, Wolfville. Purchase a Blomidon Inn (Wolfville): Jazz their caregivers have fun with stories, Mannequins (5th & 12th) 6:30- main dish and bring your own wine songs and activities. Ongoing until bottle for no charge 10:30pm Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Open Mic end of March. INFO: 542-5760 w/Jenny MacDonald (8th), Melissa FRIDAYS: Spitfire Arms Alehouse (Wind- Vidito (15th) 8pm Chess Club - Wolfville Memorial sor): Staggers & Jags (5th), Knee Deep Library, 3:30pm INFO: 542-5760 (12th) 8pm A Book In the Nook - Wolfville TUESDAYS: Memorial Library. 3:30pm. Curl up, WEDNESDAYS: Union Street Cafe (Berwick): relax and enjoy listening to a story in Open Mic Kitchen Party w/Ashley Parents’ Morning Out (guest George (5th), t@b (12th) 8pm The Port Pub (Port Williams): our Book Nook. This is an ongoing Open Mic w/Ian Brownstien & Steve program. INFO: 542-5760 speakers & discussions away th th from the little ones) - Baptist Port Pub (Port Williams): Zen Lee (9 & 16 ) 7:30pm th Jam Session - Wolfville Legion. Church, Wolfville 9:30-11:30pm $5 Igma (12 ) 8:30pm 7:30-10pm. Bring an instrument and suggested for babysitting WEDNESDAYS: play along. $2 drop-in charge Boston Pizza (New Minas): Kara- Wolfville Community Chorus oke w/Darlene Jamison (5th) 9:30pm Angry Beavers Improv Comedy - Home of Susan Dworkin (100 Doolys (New Minas): Kings Arm Pub (Kentville): Kara- Night - Sherwood Dr), Wolfville. 5:30-7pm Nikki Lee & th th Michener Lounge (SUB), th oke w/Denny Miles (10 & 17 ) 9pm Acadia University 8pm “The funniest Until June ‘10. Cost: $3 the Courtyard Band (5 ), The Bandits (12th) 10pm improv in Wolfville.” No charge Mud Creek Grill (Wolfville): Open th th Westside Charlies (New Minas): Mic (10 & 17 ) 8:30pm DJ Loony Tunes (5th & 12th) 10pm Live Theatre Westside Charlies (New Minas): Karaoke w/Steve McKarney (10th & SATURDAYS: 17th) 9:30pm CentreStage Theatre Presents: Spitfire Arms (Windsor): The AXE Lounge (Acadia University): Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap Dungaree Brothers (6th), Jim Cochrane Wing/Trivia & Karaoke Nights (10th (13th) 7pm & 17th) 6pm CentreStage Theatre, Kentville arrives on skis, warning them 8pm. Feb 5th, Feb 6th, Feb 12th, Feb that a murderer is on the way Exhibits 13th @ 8pm, Matinee @ 2pm to the hotel. Directed by Wayne Murder stalks a guest house. and Linda Marriott. Continues Who is next? When Mollie playing on Friday and Saturday 19th Annual Acadia Art A Story Teller w/Added and Giles Ralston convert nights until February 13th. Exhibition - Acadia Art Magic - Designer Café, Kentville. Monkswell Manor into a hotel, TIX: $12 Adult, $10 Students, Gallery, Acadia University. Until Unitl Feb 22nd. An exhibition a winter storm leaves them $5 Children INFO/ March 3rd. Join us for our annual of original water colour and snowbound with their four Reservations: 678-8040 non-juried exhibition of work ink painting from the popular guests and a stranded motorist. by students, alumni, staff, faculty comics of Mark Oakley. INFO: Then Detective Sergeant Trotter & community. INFO: 585-1373 365-3322 6 The Grapevine Feb 4 - 18, 2010 What’s Happening from Feb 4 - 18, 2010 Send your event listings to [email protected] for publishing in this list

THURSDAY, 04 Steve Lee Molly Thomason Sarah McClure Fundy Film screens: The Private and Paul Newton Melanie Clouthier Jenny Lives of Pippa Lee - Al Whittle Theatre, MacDonald Kat Furtado Kadijah Dominik Fire & Ice Gala Wolfville 4 & 7pm. Pippa Lee (Robin Wright Diamond Blueprint George Symonds Kingstec Campus, Kentville. 7pm. As part of Penn) is a serene, beautiful, devoted wife Casual Show John Lynch Mushkat Frank the Winter Ice Wine Festival, the campus and mother with a seemingly perfect life— Fisher TIX: $8 advance (Just Us! Wolfville), will be transformed into a Fire and Ice until her surprisingly volatile past crashes $10 door. INFO: 697-2176 See ad pg 9 wonderland. This event has provided through, forcing her to find her true self. By funding to sponsor lifetime Clean Drinking SUNDAY, 07 – Superbowl turns wry, humorous and moving, this is Water to over 400 people. Turn wine into about the many lives hidden behind a single name.TIX: $8 INFO: 542-5157 See ad pg 11 water! The menu for the evening will be Scotian Hiker: Hike to Amethyst the same as what is being prepared by the Cover - Meet at Cape Split Parking Lot, Kingstec students at the 2010 Olympics in MONDAY, 08 Scott’s Bay 11am-3:30pm. Snowshoe or Vancouver TIX: $40 INFO: 679-7441 hike uphill to the ropes leading down to Minister of Finance Public Meetings SATURDAY, 06 Amethyst Cove. Explore the coast at low NSCC Kingstec Campus, Kentville 2-4pm & tide. The return trip is slippery, physically Fountain Hall, Acadia University 6-8pm strenuous and challenging. No dogs please. We’re Outside Snowshoe or Hike Minister Steele will be holding meetings TIX: Donation to the trail maintenance Wolfville Visitor Information Centre, Willow in 16 communities across NS to discuss bucket INFO: www.scotianhiker.com/ Park 1pm. Ice Wine Festival Event: Enjoy how to get the province’s finances back events.htm the beautiful walking trails in Wolfville to balance. Facilitated dialogue will focus on getting your input. Review the Back to finishing in Reservoir Park to enjoy the Freezin’ Your ICE Off! – Polar Dip spectacular views and a taste of something Balance guide if possible: http://gov.ns.ca/ Library Pub & Wine Merchant Tavern 11am special. Call to book snowshoes finance/backtobalance TIX: No Charge Ice Wine Festival Event: Polar dip in the TIX: No charge INFO: 542-3065 INFO: [email protected] morning, returning to a hot-tub party & Icewine tasting in the courtyard ‘til deep Assembly of Local Citizens: Valley Gardeners Club into the night. TIX: $40 donation to Heart Prorogation of Parliament Concerns Agricultural Research Centre, Kentville & Stroke Foundation INFO: 542-4315 St. John’s Parish Hall, Wolfville 1pm. A follow- 7:30-9:30pm. Patricia Bishop will speak rd on the topic of “Community Shared up to the first meeting held Jan 23 which 1st Annual Charity Paint Can Curling attracted 100 participants. A facilitation-free Agriculture”. Patricia is an 8th generation Grand Pre Wines Ltd., Grand Pre 1-4pm. discussion on electoral and political issues Valley farmer, and is recognized for her Ice Wine Festival Event: Join us for a fun that are threatening our democracy efforts to promote locally-grown food and afternoon at our outdoor curling rink. INFO: [email protected] to preserve agricultural lands. Bring your Winnings (up to $400) to be donated to a favourite garden catalogues for display. charity of your choice. (Bad weather date: Grow With Art: Children’s Art All are welcome. TIX: No Charge INFO: Feb 14th). Number of teams limited Workshop - NSCC Kingstec Campus, [email protected] TIX: $50/team of 4 people INFO/Reg: Kentville 1-3pm. Art exchange program for 542-1753 ages 4 to 14. This month’s theme: Black TUESDAY, 09 History Month. TIX: $2 per child INFO: Acadia Athletics: Men’s Basketball 542-0234 TIX: $2 per child INFO: 542-0234 Parent Testimonial Evening Vs Memorial - Acadia Athletic Complex Landmark East School, 708 Main St. 2pm (Women Feb 6th @ 7pm) TIX: $10 Adult, Symphony Nova Scotia Wolfville 7pm. Prospective students and $5 external student INFO: 542-5500 Festival Theatre, Wolfville 7:30pm. Janina parents will meet with our current parents to learn about their children’s experience Fialkowska, piano Bernhard Gueller, Wedding Showcase conductor Jacques Hetu, Mirages Frederic and success at Landmark East School. NS NSCC Kingstec, Kentville 2-5pm. Enjoy Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 2 Ludwig Van Students who qualify may be eligible to planning and preparing for your big day Beethoven, Symphony no. 8 To celebrate receive up to $20,000 through our bursary with the help of our many vendors, plus the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth, we program and the NS Dept of Education many chances to win lots of wedding present one of the world’s finest Chopin Tuition Support Program. INFO: 542-2237 goodies! Free giftbags for brides and interpreters. TIX: $32 adult $22 student grooms to be! Please pre register. TIX: $4 INFO: 542-5500 / 1-800-542-TICK (8425). WEDNESDAY, 10 INFO: 679-5008 / andrea.j.cann@gmail. com Night Kitchen Stupendous Valley Women’s Business Network Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 8-10pm. KAO Restaurant, Social Room, New Minas 6:30-9pm. Chinese buffet and speaker Susan 7 The Grapevine Feb 4 - 18, 2010 What’s Happening from Feb 4 - 18, 2010 Holding An Event? List it at www.valleyevents.ca

Carter – comic. Please join us at our first Acadia Athletics: Men’s Hockey Hearts on Ice Family Event Meet and Greet for 2010. There are many Vs Moncton - Acadia Sports Complex, Acadia Arena, Wolfville 2-4pm. An afternoon new members! Share your business details, Wolfville 7pm. TIX: $12 Adult, $6 external of family fun and recreation. Sponsored by learn about other businesses, find out how student INFO: 542-5500 the Valley Cardiac Rehab Society, designed others got started. Network and Socialize. to raise awareness of the positive benefits The room only holds 40 people. Please Joel Plaskett Concert of physical activity and to provide an respect our No Scent policy. TIX: $13.95 Mermaid Imperial Performing Arts Centre, opportunity to skate, walk, or just watch th buffet + $5 door, Feb 8 deadline INFO/ Windsor 8pm. Joel Plaskett is an extremely a fast paced broomball tournament. Reg: [email protected] popular singersongwriter hailing from Refreshments served in an atmosphere of Halifax. He has toured worldwide and is social interaction. TIX: Donation at door. THURSDAY, 11 highly regarded by fans, fellow musicians, and critics alike. TIX: $27 general, $25 Opera Concert Wolfville Uncovered Workshops students/seniors INFO: 798-5841 / Wolfville Baptist Church, 3pm Festival Theatre, Acadia University 1-4pm [email protected] Trios, duets & arias featuring: Elizabeth & 6-9pm. Help us UNCOVER the unique Charlton, Charlotte Embree, Stuart Hisler attributes of the Town of Wolfville. We’ll Ruth Minnikin Fundraising Concert & accompanist Matt Kallio. A portion of listen to your thoughts on how to position (Community Farm) -Al Whittle Theatre, proceeds to the Chrysalis House Women’s Wolfville for the future. Wolfville 8-10:30pm. Halifax’s folk/country Shelter. 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Outdoor Outlooks e headed out our back of the suns remains. We soaked up me reaching for my stick. Wdoor racing against the that moment in silence, when it was That night the legends made up sun. The final glints of the days over we looked at each other, than from our dreams poured across the light, slipped towards the bottom of got to work. surface of the ice and skated with the horizon. We pushed our shovels around the glow of the climbing moon. As you are out there, finding that It was dusk by the time we arrived that clearing, our clearing, in a mad we cheered and hollered you could something in the air, and enjoying at our little clearing, which we rush, determined not to have what see the ghosts of our breathe float as much as I do. had started to refer to as “our little was left of the light go to waste. towards the stars. clearing”. It looked as if the skies It must have been minutes, but it There is always that “something” Brian Conoley intense oranges and fading reds only felt like seconds. As my heart in the air. I can’t explain that Store Manager (Wolfville) were rebelling against the suns hammered against my rib cage, electric feeling that accompanies Community Programmer wishes to go down; the colours aching for a break, I dropped my dusk. I can’t describe the joy The Trail Shop blazed with a fury only the doomed shovel. My heart began to slow, and freedom that ebbs and flows 902 697 3115 (Wolfville Store) can muster. The trees and snow thinking it was off the hook, it through me and my stick and 902 687 3110 (Fax) were bathed in the rebellious beams picked up its pace again when it saw onto the ice. I can only hope that [email protected] 9 The Grapevine Feb 4 - 18, 2010 Robbie Burns Recap Come Hay or High Water hat a great place, Nova of The MacAdians. There was re you interested in the local support and enthusiasm. WScotia, (New Scotland). also: a Ceilidh at break, Valley Aenvironment? What about Thanks also to the organizations Stompers, clogging and even a local agriculture? The staff of the and individuals who donated It’s the only province I know of singsong. Each dance was started Library and Archives is so excited these records to the Archives. that names its snows: Smelt’s with a short instruction and a about environmental and agricul- This project is an example of how Snow, Robin’s Snow, Poor Man’s practice set leaving only two (the tural history that we built a web important it is to preserve and Fertilizer. Perhaps this practice Kildrummy Castle and the Lea site to celebrate! share our local histories! A num- of naming things comes from Rig) proving to be more difficult. I invite you to turn on your ber of people contributed to this our Scottish ancestors. A fine Whether a Scot or not, all was speakers and visit the Come Hay project. Take a look at the credits example of this was the naming able to get the footing correct to or High Water web site. (http://li- and see if someone you know lent of all the dances at the Jan 23rd ‘Border Meeting’. The evening brary.acadiau.ca/archives/chohw/) their voice to this web site. Robbie Burns Supper held at the finished with Auld Land Syne. A Come Hay or High Water was Port Williams Hall. If you were marvelous time was had by one made possible with funding from ~ Wendy G. Robicheau quick to get one of the 169 sup- and all. the Class of ‘44 endowment. Deputy University Archivist per tickets, the treat began with Thank you Class of ’44 for your Vaughan Memorial Library toasts and addresses (one to the A salute to Rob Raeside and the haggis of course) followed by a Valley Scottish Country Dancers roast beef dinner. who put together this wonderful annual event. The dance began around 8 starting with Piper Sandy MacMillan and a Grand March followed - Margot Bishop by no less than 16 identified dances to the wonderful music

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1004 Chapel Road 7 Gaspereau Avenue P.O. Box 39 P.O. Box 3966 Canning, NS, B0P1H0 Wolfville, NS, B4P 2C3 Tel: (902) 582-2458 Tel: (902) 542-0583 Fax: (902) 542-0232 Fax: (902) 542-0232 By Appointment Only email: [email protected] the acadia community farm presents: A Fundraising Concert with Ruth Minnikin, Heather Kelday, and Adam Bazinet Sat., Feb. 13th @ the Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville, 8pm. Tickets at the Box of Delights on Main St.: $12 advance/students, $15 at the door

or those who have yet to for the campus cafeteria, the Farm students and community members including Joel Plaskett, Old Man Fexperience it, The Acadia provides vegetables to the Wolfville alike. Luedecke, and Buck 65, among Community Farm is a campus Area Food Bank and offers The Farm’s upcoming fundraiser others. The Wolfville fundraising and community gardening project community garden plots to local features Ruth Minnikin (www. concert will showcase songs from that aims to make better, more residents, who gain shared access ruthminnikin.ca), one of Halifax’s her fourth solo album, “Depend sustainable food available to as to tools, seeds, growing resources, finest folk singer/songwriters and on This”, released on January 26th, many people as possible within and a supportive community of an accomplished veteran of the 2010. Special guests for the evening the Acadia and greater Wolfville fellow growers. This past season, the Nova Scotia indie music scene. will be talented locals Heather communities. It all began with Farm also put on free gardening She was a member of the critically- Kelday (www.heatherkelday.com), a small group of Acadia students and food-related workshops, acclaimed Halifax bands The and Adam Bazinet, (former) host and their vision of providing local, community harvest parties, and Guthries and The Heavy Blinkers, of the popular Tuesday night open organic produce to the University educational programming for and has played or recorded with mic at the Just Us! café on Main St. meal hall through the creation of a children and students, all of which many internationally-renowned It’s going to be an amazing show; student-run garden on campus. were very successful. We hope that artists, such as David Byrne, Kris come out to support our gardens! Since then, the Acadia Community through fundraising efforts such as Kristofferson, The Lemonheads, For more information, please visit Farm has expanded into a the Valentine’s weekend concert, Calexico, and Blue Rodeo, to name www.acadiafarm.org, or email info@ flourishing community garden the Farm will be able to continue to a few. She has also collaborated acadiafarm.org. project. In addition to growing food offer these exciting opportunities to with many well-known local artists, 10 The Grapevine Feb 4 - 18, 2010 Deep Roots Music Cooperative Raises over $10,000 at ‘Music for Haiti’ in support of UNICEF Feb 1, 2010 – Wolfville, NS eep Roots Music Cooperative and a Passion’s Just Us! Coffee help us to continue in our work to Dpresented Music for Haiti Theatre Off the Roasters’ staff rebuild Haiti and ensure the safety on January 30th at Festival Theatre Grid helped to also helped to of the children. I cannot believe how in Wolfville and fundraised over contribute over make a difference generous the people of Nova Scotia $10,000 in support of UNICEF. $2,000. by giving their have been in this time of crisis. With matching funds from the tips along with government this means more Peter Mowat, a matched Buds & Bygones than $20,000 that can be used to Chair of the Deep donation to add help in the aftermath of January’s Roots Music to the final total. 542-7623 devastating earthquake. Cooperative Acadia University Fair trade says, ‘We were supplied the or locally The concert which included David overwhelmed by venue and Long grown Myles, Ian Janes, Finnan Haddie, the generosity of and McQuade The Keats, Sheva, Alice Stops the community when putting this provided the sound equipment. flowers Time, Eugene Cormier and Paula fundraiser together. Our sponsors www.wolfvilleflowers.com Rockwell was attended by over 300 made it possible for us to give every John Humble, Atlantic Regional 11 Gaspereau Ave., Wolfville, NS people. Artist Holly Carr created dollar raised to UNICEF and we Director of UNICEF was at the a 4’ x 8’ silk painting live on stage surpassed our own expectations. I concert to receive the cheque and which was later auctioned in the would like to thank everyone who said ‘UNICEF’s priorities are taking show along with tickets to this year’s was involved as well as those who care of water supplies and sanitation Deep Roots Music Festival, two attended. The music was great and the along with protecting the children of annual passes to Evergreen Theatre outcome even better’. Haiti from being abducted into other and a pair of tickets to Two Planks countries. This kind of support will The Box of Delights A Delightful Little Bookshop on Main Street, Wolfville Stardrop by Mark Oakley - www.iboxpublishing.com - Brought to you by www.boxofdelightsbooks.com 11 The Grapevine Feb 4 - 18, 2010 Who’s Who? Jonathan murray etirement at 51? What to do? another disused farm on Dyke and courses to cover: what land to RFrom being a busy surgeon for Road (Lower Wolfville) that had a buy, what grapes to grow, how to 30 years and never really stopping vacant wood working warehouse assure ripening and, perhaps most to smell the roses, all of a sudden and a five-bedroom house. The importantly, how to appreciate it! that was it. Nothing. No reason to idea involved transforming the get out of bed, a new country to warehouse into the Muir Murray We did not start with a defined live in and not knowing anybody. Estate Winery. business plan as the ideas were, and Is this the retirement I worked so still are, in evolution. Our winery hard for, dreamt so much about? I had never grown grapes before opened in May this past year and What to do? Talk about going from and, although well-intentioned we had an encouraging start. Our 100 to 0. advice from veteran grape growers presence at the Wolfville Farmers’ helped, I was still confused. Simply Market has helped to further our One thing I knew though, I always put, jumping into this industry has connection to the community while wanted to work outside on plants required a lot of learning. offering another great wine option and an obvious choice I recognized to the area. was Nova Scotia’s burgeoning grape Keeping with that theme, the five- growing industry. We (my lovely bedroom yellow house is being The Institute is planned to open wife Lesley and I) bought a 50-acre renovated to form the later this year in the hope we can retirement! disused farm with a south-facing Annapolis Valley Institute for spread the same interest slope in the Gaspereau Valley and Education on Wine (A VIEW). and enthusiasm we feel towards ~Jonathan Murray started to get it into shape by first With a spectacular vista over the this important industry to the rest Lower Wolfville pulling out the decrepit orchard. dykes as a backdrop, we plan on of Nova Scotia. You know what? [email protected] As the months went by we bought conducting winemaking seminars This is turning out to be a great editor’s update he boss tells me I have no may, I want to draw attention to further; we hope you do too. ~Jeremy Novak Tmore than 150 words this their Lebanese menu. I’ve already Finally, although we always get time. Here it goes: gone back for seconds. plenty of submissions, here are possible article suggestions: Why First, you may have noticed Joe’s 2 Next, thanks to all who attended the pink park bench? What’s What for 1 dinner deal in the last issue. the GV appreciation party. This is profile: the Mud Creek News. I say ‘may’ because the printing issue 18 for us now and we keep What’s the ex-president U-Hall was admittedly messed up (how’d having fun because of the com- portrait protocol? There are many that happen?). Well it’s in again munity interest and support. We ideas though; feel free to write. (bottom of this page) and, if I look forward to taking things a bit 12 The Grapevine Feb 4 - 18, 2010 Scotian Hiker There’s no place like home to roam. BO LY B L ’ I S oggins Corner N B

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